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Blame Congress Following President Obama’s recent executive order addressing gun

undermining the public’s trust wealth, safety and civil rights, the alcohol, Dtobacco, marijuana and gambling industries are espite the fact that they undermine health,

extremely lucrative. The government and insurance, legal, financial and medical industries also thrive by cleaning up the messes they leave in their wake. Governments accordingly scramble to legalize, assist, encourage and accommodate them. This includes mandating that every citizen purchase fire, liability, and now, health by insurance. Nathan Andrew Thomas’ Nov. 26 Esplanade DUI accident in Paradise and his The author, a Tehama subsequent shooting by Paradise County resident, Police Officer Patrick Feaster is the founder of exemplify the wrongful death, the Institute for destruction and corruption the Governmental and Social reform. alcohol industry elicits. Thomas’ intoxication, combined with his wife, Darien Ehorn, not wearing a seatbelt, caused her death. Then, five years of frustration arresting drunken drivers

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apparently drove Feaster to shoot unarmed Thomas with his Glock .45. This incident, combined with Feaster’s and DA Mike Ramsey’s associated coverups, seems to have undermined the community’s trust in government. In reviewing crime scene video, Ramsey seemed to overlook how Feaster prioritized recovering his shell casing over administering aid to Thomas and his wife, who laid dying on the pavement. Ramsey also assessed Feaster’s alleged uncertainty about whether despite the fact that large-caliber handguns recoil forcefully and are deafening. Finally, Ramsey supported Feaster’s claim that his weapon discharge was accidental. That is, he supported Feaster despite admitting the gun can be fired only “by applying pressure to the safety and trigger at the same time,” and that the DOJ found the weapon to be functioning properly. District attorneys endure considerable pressure to misrepresent facts and, owing to prosecutor immunity, they’re seldom held accountable for doing so. They’re thus free to partner with law enforcement, charge adversaries with crimes they didn’t commit, and send them to prison. They’re similarly empowered to not charge law enforcement officers with crimes they did commit. □

violence, Republican lawmakers and NRA propagandists went straight to pointing out that it would not have stopped most of the high-profile mass shootings in the United States in recent years. They note, for example, that Adam Lanza slayed 20 children at a public school in Newtown, Conn., in 2012, after murdering his own mother and taking her legally purchased guns. Same goes for Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, who killed 14 people during a holiday party in San Bernardino last month. The couple got the rifles they used from a friend who’d purchased them legally. That may be true, but it doesn’t mean the president’s policy will not help keep guns out of the hands of people who ought not own them. Fact is, what the president is calling for will make it more difficult for criminals and mentally unstable people to purchase guns. That’s because it helps to close a loophole that exempts certain gun sellers from conducting background checks on prospective buyers. The president also plans to hire hundreds of examiners to vet the backlog of background checks. That’s a key piece considering the case of Dylann Roof, who had an arrest that should have prohibited him from purchasing the firearm he used to kill nine parishioners of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., last summer. Roof got his hands on a gun due to a delay in processing his background check. The truth is, the president’s executive actions do not go nearly far enough to mitigate the rampant gun violence in this country. Doing something substantive would require action on the part of a Do Nothing Congress that rejects any sort of commonsense legislation—including requiring federal background checks universally for gun sales—under the guise that it violates the Second Amendment and is a step toward federal gun confiscation. Lawmakers know that’s a ridiculous notion, but saying so would run counter to the irrational fears of gun fanatics who keep these feckless politicians in office. If a majority of Americans favor stricter gun laws—and polls show that they do—we need new leadership in Washington. □

Paradise: Don’t ban pot The Paradise Town Council next week (Jan. 12) will discuss a Planning

Commission recommendation to ban the cultivation and delivery of medical marijuana within town limits. But the commission gives little in the way of rationale behind making such a sweeping decision. The plant smells? Big deal. The recommendation to ban deliveries and cultivation was sparked by three state laws, collectively known as the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act, which went into effect Jan. 1. They pave the way for licensing of businesses related to medical marijuana—namely, dispensaries, delivery services and growing for profit. They also give local governments a short window of time to set forth policies—including outright bans—on these activities. It seems to us that the Planning Commission is being reactionary by recommending an outright ban, particularly on cultivation, which is currently allowed. Instead, the panel chose the easiest way to deal with the issue rather than the most thoughtful or prudent. The Town Council has an obligation to look further into the implications of a ban. First, the panel must think about its residents, some of them disabled, who need medical marijuana to live full lives. How will they get their medicine if they can’t grow it, buy it locally or get it delivered? Second, the council must think about the potential for increased tax revenue in the future. Banning cultivation, in particular, will set the town well behind other nearby communities. In short, council members, do your homework before making a hasty, ill-advised decision. □

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countdown to nov. 8 Now that 2016 is here, we are officially in a presidential election year. And what a bizarre contest it’s turning out to be. That’s especially true when it comes to the Republican candidates. Everyone’s a walking sound bite. Nobody seems authentic. The phoniness is comical at times. What’s not funny is how hawkish most of them are. It’s frightening. Then there’s Hillary. Meh. Bernie Sanders is the only candidate who seems genuine. Sanders has been talking about the same issues—important ones—for decades. He voted against invading Iraq. He’s not taking money from special interests. There are a lot of things to like about him. But let’s talk Chico politics and the countdown to whether the conservatives on the City Council will keep their majority. That seems likely since three of the four seats up for grabs are held by lefties. As you’ll see in our annual Whom to Watch issue, we’ve profiled incumbents Sean Morgan and Randall Stone, the only people thus far to announce their candidacies. Both men are now in the twilight of their first terms. They came in during what’s been described as “Chico’s darkest days,” financially speaking, back in 2012. Now that the coffers are flush, I suppose they want to decide how the money gets spent. Let’s hope infrastructure gets some attention. This town is quickly becoming what I like to call “pothole city” and it’s only going to get worse if El Niño is as strong as predicted. The city also needs a rainy day account (aka emergency reserves). Considering conservative Morgan and progressive Stone are campaigning in earnest, it’s surprising nobody else has jumped into the race. This newspaper hasn’t heard a peep out of Councilwoman Ann Schwab. She’s by far the veteran of the group, now nearing the end of her third term on the panel. And Tami Ritter, who was sworn in with Morgan and Stone, hasn’t announced whether she wants to retain her seat. Neither Schwab nor Ritter is profiled in this issue, but they both are people to watch in the coming months. It will be interesting to see if anyone who ran unsuccessfully in 2014 will give it another go this year. Former Mayor Scott Gruendl is out—he’s moved to the Bay Area. I haven’t seen any movement on the Facebook pages Forough Molina and Lupe Arim-Law set up for their respective campaigns that year. Ditto for Rodney Willis. In Chico, if big money doesn’t buy a candidate a seat, repetition seems to be the key. Mayor Mark Sorensen can attest to that. It took him three campaigns. First-term Councilman Andrew Coolidge got elected on his second attempt. This week, I checked in on the old website for Joe Montes, another conservative. It’s offline. Montes is the former administrative law judge from Washington who intended to run in 2014. He was ready to begin campaigning when somebody—presumably a local establishment Republican—asked him to back out of the race. Montes acquiesced. That’s too bad considering the conservative sweep included two newbies who’ve been less than impressive. Montes probably would’ve earned a seat, edging out thirdplace finisher Reanette Fillmer. This has its upsides and downsides. On the one hand, he might have elevated the discussion at the dais. On the other hand, I’d have fewer gaffes to write about.

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Every media outlet has not disclosed the real story about Paradise Police Officer Patrick Feaster’s fatal shooting of an intoxicated driver. District Attorney Mike Ramsey was appointed by Jane Dolan and four other supervisors to fill out the remaining term of the former district attorney before Ramsey ran for office in 1988. Jane Dolan, who is Patrick Feaster’s aunt, has a long political affiliation with Ramsey. Ramsey endorsed Dolan in 2010. I would not be surprised if Dolan and Ramsey were character witnesses when Feaster was hired in Paradise. Feaster’s father, Bob, is Jane’s brother-in-law. He contributed to Dolan’s campaign. Any other questions? Linda Meilink Chico

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global predicament we’re in now. If more men were encouraged to express their so-called “feminine emotions” instead of being ridiculed for them, there would undoubtedly be less misogyny, rape, bullying, mass shootings, environmental degradation and war. Why not give it a try? Sherri Quammen Chico

‘He was a Muslim’ Re “Protect thy Muslim neighbor” (Editorial, Dec. 31): Just so you know, the police have arrested a man named Gary Nathaniel Moore of Houston, Texas—a devout attendee of the mosque that he decided to try to burn down (so he was a Muslim). To quote you, “We must stand up to those who would firebomb our Muslim neighbors’ mosques.” I think you might include Muslims in “those who would firebomb our Muslim neighbors.” Paula Garcia Orland

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New Year’s wishes My wish for 2016 is embodied in the following: the song “Let There Be Peace on Earth (and Let It Begin With Me)”; Helen Steiner’s poem, “Peace on Earth will come to stay, when we keep Christmas every day”; my license plate “WRLD PAZ”; and my bumper sticker “War is not the answer.” Pat Feldhaus Chico

Are you looking for a New Year’s resolution that’s more than the typical old “going to the gym and starting another diet”? One that could really make a difference, and you could easily keep? Instead of a low-carb diet for yourself, how about helping to put the Earth on a diet instead: a low-carbon diet. That’s what we need to mitigate climate change. In effect, we need to “count calories” for the Earth by putting a price on carbon. We all know that counting calories takes will power—in this case the political will to put a price on carbon. A phone call or email this week to your representative in Congress will go a long way to creating that will power (www.house.gov/ representatives/find). And you can feel good that this is one resolution you have kept. Barbara Hollenbach Lafayette

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Grisly details recently emerged in the death of Angela Marie Murray, a 40-year-old homeless woman whose decomposing body was found on Dunstone Drive near Oroville on Nov. 14. When detectives arrived, they found Murray, who was nude and covered in 54 stab wounds, including to her head, neck, chest, back, breasts and vagina. “It was a vicious stabbing,” said Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey. An autopsy determined that Murray’s fatal wound was to her heart. Murray may have been killed over a debt for methamphetamine, Ramsey confirmed. Two suspects in the killing—local homeless people William Henry Smith Jr., 46, and Julie Lynn Moss, 54—were arrested in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., on Dec. 20. Both are currently being held without bail as they await extradition to Butte County.

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Authorities believe a fully automatic weapon was used to empty 29 shots into an Oroville home during a Jan. 3 drive-by shooting, according to Sgt. John Sanzone of the Oroville Police Department. Officers were dispatched at about 7 p.m. that evening for a report of shots fired into a residence from a vehicle on the 2900 block of El Noble Avenue. Though several people were in the home at the time, no one was injured. Sanzone said evidence from the scene is still being processed and that no suspects have yet been identified. Witnesses reported seeing a red Honda leaving the area shortly after the shooting. Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call the Oroville Police Department at 538-2448.

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The Chico City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday (Jan. 5) to approve an ordinance that supports the continuation of the Arts Commission. The commission has long promoted public art—such as the “Our Hands” sculpture (pictured) in front of the municipal building—and Chico as an arts and culture destination. Due to the city’s budgetary and staff constraints in the last couple of years, however, the commission’s meeting schedule was reduced from once a month to twice a year. In October, the council directed city staff to craft an ordinance under which the commission will meet four times a year, and for City Clerk Debbie Presson to continue providing staff support at the meetings. Recruitment for four vacancies on the seven-member panel will begin this month, Presson said.

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Chicoans Cathy Webster and Chris Nelson are headed to federal court next week on trespassing charges related to their drone protests at Beale Air Force Base.

Two Chico women face federal trespassing charges in their peaceful fight against drone warfare served two months in prison NforWebster an act of civil disobedience. While she ine years ago, local activist Cathy

has no desire to spend more time behind bars, that experience didn’t deter her from story and continuing to prophoto by test peacefully. Next Meredith J. Tuesday (Jan. 12), Cooper she’ll once again go m e re d i t h c @ before a federal judge— n ew srev i ew. c o m in Sacramento—on trespassing charges. She was most recently arrested, alongside four others including fellow Chicoan Chris Nelson, at the end of September at Beale Air Force Base. They were protesting drone warfare, as they’d been doing once a month for the past several years, and the day’s theme was immigration and the refugee crisis. “We choose a theme each month, to keep the protest fresh,” Nelson explained during a recent interview. The monthly demonstrations outside Beale were based on a movement called Campaign Nonviolence. “We use acts of nonviolence to teach people to connect the dots between the military, climate change, poverty and social injustice,” she said. The protesters don’t “cross the white

line” and trespass on military land every month, but sometimes they feel that getting arrested will make their voices louder. For Nelson, her arrest on Sept. 29 holds special meaning. It was exactly a year after her husband, Michael Pike, died. Pike had been a Green Beret in the Vietnam War and the two had long protested together in the name of peace. “I wanted to honor his memory by doing that,” Nelson said. It was the fourth time she’d been taken into custody, and the sixth or seventh for Webster. Nelson faced trial early last year for trespassing at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, but the judge ultimately dropped the charges. What Webster and Nelson are so angry

about is the American military use of drones to kill foreign enemies around the world. The biggest problem, they argue, is the collateral damage, which oftentimes includes children. At the same time, the American servicemen and women pulling the trigger suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder just as badly as if they were in actual combat—and the culture it’s breeding is dangerous. “The reality is, it’s a toy to them,” Nelson said. “According to military whistleblowers, they refer to the children

as ‘bug splat.’” A cache of secret documents obtained by online journalism site The Intercept show that drones are consistently responsible for the deaths of unarmed, nontargeted civilians and that despite civilian status, they are certified as an “enemy killed in action,” or EKIA. “When the Obama administration has discussed drone strikes publicly, it has offered assurances that such operations are a more precise alternative to boots on the ground and are authorized only when an ‘imminent’ threat is present and there is ‘near certainty’ that the intended target will be eliminated,” The Intercept reports. “Those terms, however, appear to have been bluntly redefined to bear almost no resemblance to their commonly understood meanings.” Further, four Air Force whistleblowers penned a letter to President Obama following the terrorist attacks in Paris. They opened the letter with this: “We are former Air Force service members. We joined the Air Force to protect American lives and to protect our Constitution. We came to the realization that the innocent civilians we were killing only fueled the feelings of hatred that ignited terrorism and groups like ISIS, while also serving as a

Junkyard watchdogs fundamental recruitment tool similar to Guantanamo Bay. This administration and its predecessors have built a drone program that is one of the most devastating driving forces for terrorism and destabilization around the world.” As a nurse and peace activist, Nelson says these revelations are too heinous for her to sit idly by. “I feel that this is so much against my own moral code,” she said. “I can’t abide what we’re doing right now. And the American people don’t seem to understand.” That’s why she and Webster travel to Beale Air Force Base once a month, to try to communicate with the military personnel there about their concerns. Every month, they deliver a letter to the base commander. They’re always assured the letters will be delivered, yet they’ve yet to receive a response. So, to further communicate their message—to the military but also to the American people—they decided they were willing to get arrested. “You can write letters, you can call your Congress people,” Webster said. “But the rest of the world doesn’t know about that. We thought, ‘We need to do something outrageous.’ So we got arrested. A lot of people think that makes us crazy. But we’re not. We’re very clear in our intent.” On Tuesday, the Chico women will each enter their pleas. They both intend to plead not guilty. A trial likely will not take place for another couple of months, Webster guessed. Both are willing to serve prison time, though Webster said because of her previous conviction and two-month sentence, she could face up to six months in prison for a second offense. Nelson has not spent time behind bars, but she says she’s following the lead of Webster and the late Chico activist Dorothy Parker, who, at age 77, served 57 days in federal prison for protesting an American school many believe breeds terrorists. “I’m always worried about the unknown,” Nelson said. “I’m 68 years old, and these challenges I face leading up to my death are stepping stones toward my own completion. For Dorothy Parker, the hardest part [of prison] was not being able to get out— not getting a lot of yard time. Cathy has managed pretty well. I don’t know if I’m as calm and strong as she is, but I’m committed to using the rest of the life I have left for good.” □

Chico Scrap Metal opponents mark one year of noncompliance two dozen people stood outside the green corrugated metal fence marking Chico Scrap Metal’s property on East A20thbout Street the morning of Dec. 31, their message made clear

to passing motorists by signs and sporadic chants proclaiming “Move the junkyard!” The demonstration was organized by a group of concerned citizens collectively known by that rallying cry—Move the Junkyard—and meant to alert the public that the metal-recycling business has been operating in violation of a longtime order from the city to vacate the property. In 2006, the Chico City Council ordered the company to move by 2011, because zoning changes directed by the Chapman/Mulberry Neighborhood Plan changed the property from industrial to light industrial/commercial use. That deadline was extended until Dec. 31, 2014, with the caveat that no more extensions be granted. But in January 2015, the new conservative-majority City Council voted to explore a compromise with the recycler, and in April directed the company to propose significant operational and aesthetic changes to be able to stay put. Move the Junkyard’s organizers—several of whom have been involved in efforts to move Chico Scrap Metal for over a decade—contend the council had no right to overturn earlier decisions ordering relocation. Mark Stemen, president of Butte Environmental Council’s board of directors, noted new homes have been built in the past decade with the promise that the scrap yard was moving. Though Chico Scrap Metal owner Kim Scott has cited prohibitive costs of more than $1 million—with no offer from the city to help cover the expense—as the reason the company never relocated, Stemen and other protesters expressed their belief the business never intended to move. “[Chico Scrap Metal’s] strategy for over 10 years is just to sit tight and hope all the opposition and protests go away,” said Chris Ivey, another demonstrator. “They’ve been trying to just wait it out, but we’re not going away.” The group further argues that the company, which was fined for contaminating the property and ordered to clean it up in 2008, still presents environmental hazards. “Toxins will continue,” said Adrienne Edwards, a biology instructor at Chico State and Chapman resident who attended the rally with

SIFT ER America admires Hillary Hillary Clinton is likely keeping a close eye on presidential polls nowadays, but one contest she’s already clinched—for the 20th year running—is Gallup’s annual poll naming of America’s Most Admired Woman. Clinton garnered 13 percent of the vote, while 18-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai placed second (5 percent), and Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey were each named by 4 percent of people polled. President Barack Obama won the title of Most Admired Man by a landslide (17 percent) as well, followed by Pope Francis and Donald Trump (both 5 percent). Bernie Sanders was next in line with 3 percent.

Mark Stemen, president of Butte Environmental Council’s board of directors, speaks to protesters gathered outside Chico Scrap Metal Dec. 31 to demand the company change locations. PHOTO BY KEN SMITH

her three children. “In no other Chico neighborhood would we tolerate a toxic site next to a school.” Last September, Russ Edmondson, a media information officer at the Department of Toxic Substances Control, confirmed the Chico Scrap Metal site is still contaminated with PCB, and that the company has submitted a plan to leave the waste in place and cover it with an “impervious cap” that would permanently restrict future use of the property. That plan is still under review by the DTSC. Jake Morley, associate planner for the city, said the business owners

have complied with the city’s order to submit proposed changes. With the proposal, the company also included a text amendment asking to remove orders for amortization—or moving—from the city’s demands. Morley also said the business has adjusted its operations over the last year by changing collection hours; buying new, quieter equipment; and converting to a collection-only site, with scrap-metal processing carried out at another location. Chico Scrap Metal was issued one citation and a $300 fine for violating zoning codes last June, after the company failed to submit its proposal for changes within 60 days of the April council meeting. Morley said no additional citations have been issued, as the proposal was received and is in the vetting process. Morley said the next step is for the Planning Commission to review the proposal and make a recommendation to the City Council, which he said should happen sometime in February. After that, the council will vote on whether the business can stay at its present location. For her part, Scott said Chico Scrap Metal is a small family business that has provided a necessary service to the community for decades, and currently serves an estimated 2,200 customers a month. “It’s a shame this group [Move the Junkyard] won’t sit down and talk with us; they’re just determined to make us move,” she said. —KEN SMITH kens@ newsr ev iew.c o m

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Priced out of space Community groups decry raised rent at City Council chambers t won’t quite be like looking for a studio in downtown San IFrancisco, but renting the Chico

City Council chambers won’t come cheap—not anymore. So it was decided on Tuesday (Jan. 5) during a meeting the council powered through in about an hour and with very little debate. As a public facility, the council chambers have historically been open to community groups at minimal cost: $29 an hour. That’s “drastically lower” than the fees for reserving a similar space through Chico Unified School District or Chico State, said Mayor Mark Sorensen. The problem, as noted by Councilman Randall Stone, is that the city “is not even close” to recovering the costs of attempting to run a conference center. Last year, the city spent about $88,000 on making the building available to community groups, Stone said, and fees “brought in somewhere in the neighborhood of $800 or $1,000.”

Vice Mayor Sean Morgan added that the city has incurred other costs on top of the staff hours devoted to unlocking the doors, monitoring the facility, locking the doors and cleaning up; equipment has been stolen from the chambers on more than one occasion, he said. “Our price for this room is so low, and we’re trying to keep the room nice,” Morgan said. “We’re five to 10 times below market value on that. It’s a bad use of the taxpayer’s building.” Under the proposal, the hourly fee for renting the room would increase from $29 to $137, in addition to a $40 custodial fee for opening and closing the doors and a $75 fee for using the computer display and sound systems. That could add up for groups who regularly rent the chambers, such as the League of Women Voters of Butte County, the Butte County Air Quality Management District and the Butte County Association of Governments.

Margaret Swick, president of the League of Women Voters, pointed to the candidates’ forums her organization hosts in the chambers and argued that during election season, especially, it’s in council members’ personal interest to make the room accessible. “If the League of Women Voters is unable to afford your enormous increase in cost for this auditorium, then where will the local voter be able to observe and listen to you the next time you run for office?” Eileen Robinson, president of Chico

Unified School District board of trustees, also pleaded with the council to not raise the reservation fees. Thanks to Measure E funding and recent expansion of the district’s facilities, she said, CUSD does have spaces large enough to accommodate board meetings and student presentations, but those buildings won’t be available until June 1. Further, the CUSD board did not budget for the unanticipat-

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HEALTHLINES Dr. Roy Bishop of Argyll Medical Group and other physicians in Chico transmit prescriptions to the pharmacy with this device.

telephone in an order for a Schedule II narcotic.” People still try, though. Balbutin says her pharmacies get bogus prescription calls regularly, though mostly for drugs on lower tiers of the DEA’s control list. There’s a “fine balance” for Bishop and other

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and toll—of prescription-drug addiction. Drawing national headlines such as “Drug overdose deaths reach all-time high” (as trumpeted by CNN), the CDC revealed that 47,055 Americans died from drug overdoses the previous year. That represented a jump of 14 percent from 2013 and the highest total since at least 1970. In the majority of those deaths (61 percent of cases), opioids, which include many painkillers, were involved. It doesn’t take much, says local pharmacy owner Janet Balbutin. “Bill Clinton was on TV with [CNN’s Dr. Sanjay] Gupta pleading to all the providers because he had lost a friend who had just one beer and one OxyContin and didn’t wake up in the morning.”And yet, she added, “the impact on the [hospital] ERs around the country has been so great because of these drugs.”

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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has attempted to stem the stream of prescription opioids by tightening regulation of the prescriptions themselves. Physicians face greater scrutiny when prescribing these medications, and pharmacists must follow additional procedures when dispensing them. “There has been a clampdown,” said Dr. Roy Bishop of Argyll Medical Group in Chico. “But there has also been a change in clinical practice. It’s now considered less acceptable to prescribe high doses of narcotics over a long period of time, so there is pressure from government, from insurers, from pharmacists to cut down on the prescribing.” Both physicians and pharmacists have safeguards—including a bit of technology befitting the Oval Office—to secure their information exchange. Indeed, high-tech security plays a major part in overdose death prevention, and Butte County is on the leading edge. Until recently, the DEA did not allow physicians to send electronic prescriptions for certain controlled medications, even as federal government—through the Affordable Care Act—pushed medical offices and hospi-

tals to digitize. Moreover, the DEA reclassified that list of controlled drugs (known as Schedule II) to include lowerconcentrated opioids such as Norco. The American Medical Association balked at the contradiction of paper prescriptions in a paperless age, so the DEA approved technology called two-factor authentication, which physicians in certain areas, including Chico, have given a trial run. It goes nationwide this year. Two-factor identification means the doctor not only has to provide a log-in and password to access a prescription, but also must possess a special electronic device that generates a random number recognized by his or her computer as authentic. The device resembles a USB flash drive. The prescription then gets transmitted to the pharmacy. Bishop appreciates the added layer of security at his practice, describing it as “almost a military level of technology” like the president’s missile-launch encoder, “although I think the biggest safeguard is not being able to phone [opioid prescriptions] in. When I came to this country in 1996 [from Scotland], I was astonished that you could

physicians who prescribe pain medication. “Doctors feel like we’ve been put in a very difficult situation,” he said. “We have to relieve pain, but if we use too many narcotics, we can be punished …. I do refer to pain management specialists if the patient’s needs are more than I’m comfortable with.” Punishment can mean losing a medical license. The California Medical Board reports it has stripped the licenses of three doctors in Butte County for overprescribing. Bishop said the goal is to ensure that “mainstream physicians” have controls in place, such as seeing patients regularly and monitoring their medications. A state database known as CURES (Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System) helps doctors and pharmacists check on patients’ prescriptions to make sure they haven’t gotten the same script from another doctor, thereby “doubledipping” and having a large amount of pills on hand. Balbutin has been a pharmacist since 1968 and operates the family-owned Chico Pharmacy, Chico Medical Supply

APPOINTMENT HEALING WITH ART Celebrate arts in health care with Enloe Regional Cancer Center on Jan. 14. Artists featured in the Healing Art Gallery—Tedo Best, Candy Matthews, Barbara Anne Ramsey and Dia Kimm—will speak briefly about their exhibits, followed by a 10-minute play written by local author and cancer survivor Joan Goodreau; music by Untethered; and poetry by cancer survivor Patricia Wellingham-Jones. Art will be on display from noon to 7 p.m.; the reception begins at 4:30 p.m. Attendance is free. Call 332-3856 for more information.

& Ostomy and Paradise Drug and Medical Supply. She recalls the era before the recent federal efforts, when “doctor shopping” and the ready ability to pay for painkillers led one customer to bring an order for 2,300 pills. “No way you could take that much in a month,” she said. “But they were able to get a prescription, and Medi-Cal was paying for it, or they paid cash. Now we can’t let them pay cash like that without a whole bunch of hoops; we can’t even dispense that much anymore. Three years ago, we were [able to]. “There’s an all-out effort by the DEA to reduce all this fraud, waste, abuse.” Then, of course, come the people

who attempt to steal opioids. Two nights before Christmas Eve, a man held up the pharmacy counter at the Walgreens on East Avenue for a “big bottle” of oxycodone, not cash. Balbutin said her drugstores have been broken into 15 times since 1993—most recently in December, prompting her to install bars on the glass doors and windows. Neither she nor Bishop attribute these crimes to tighter controls, even if the rules have made it tougher for pills to hit the black market.

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Nor is this an isolated issue. According to CDC statistics from 2014, California had the highest number of overdose deaths with 4,500; however, when adjusting for population size, the states with the highest rates were West Virginia, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Kentucky and Ohio. Deaths from natural opiates (e.g., morphine and codeine) increased 10 percent from 2013, synthetic opioids (e.g., fentanyl) 80 percent. In that context, the added scrutiny of pharmacists and physicians is particularly significant. “It is a nuisance,” Balbutin said, “but it’s necessary.” □

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Sustainable farmers and climate scientists say minimal soil disturbance is key to increasing its carbon content. PHOTO BY RUDDMORIJN VIA ISTOCK

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agreement in Paris at the 2015 LU.N.binding Climate Change Conference for curbast month, world leaders hashed out a

ing greenhouse gas emissions. And for the first time, they made the capture of carbon in soil a formal part of the global response to the climate crisis. “This is a game changer because soil carbon is now central to how the world manages climate change. I am stunned,” said André Leu, president of IFOAM—Organics International, an organization that promotes organic agriculture and carbon farming worldwide. Leu was referring to the United Nations Lima-Paris Action Agenda, a sort of side deal aimed at “robust global action towards low carbon and resilient societies.” On Dec. 1, countries, businesses and NGOs signed on to a series of new commitments under the agenda, including several on agriculture. Currently, the Earth’s atmosphere contains about 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide. Like 350.org, Eric Toensmeier, a lecturer at Yale and the author of The Carbon Farming Solution, a book due out in February, says the atmosphere’s carbon dioxide levels must be cut to 350 parts per million or lower to curb climate change. Toensmeier and Leu are among a grow-

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ing number of environmental advocates who say one of the best opportunities for drawing carbon back to Earth is for farmers and other land managers to try to sequester more carbon in the soil. “Reducing emissions is essential, but eventually it still gets us to catastrophic climate change,” said Toensmeier, who attended the Paris talks on behalf of the group Project Drawdown. “The level of emissions in the atmosphere now is already past a tipping point. That means we have to sequester carbon.” Using photosynthesis, plants draw carbon from the air and deposit it in the soil. And farming is a simple way of growing crops and managing soil that, under the right conditions, encourages the buildup of carbon in the ground. In addition to countering global warming, carbon-rich soil can be more productive and hold water better than soil with lower carbon content. There are two basic ways for farmers to capture it, says Connor Stedman, an agricultural consultant in New England with the firm AppleSeed Permaculture. “You can put carbon in soil, and you can put carbon in long-lived perennial plants, especially trees,” Stedman said. And you can start, according to Torri Estrada, managing director with the Carbon Further learning:

Sustainable farmer Gabe Brown will be speaking at the Sustainable Food and Farm Conference in Nevada County Jan. 8-10. For more info, including how to buy tickets, go to foodandfarmconference.com.

Cycle Institute in the Bay Area, by disturbing the land as little as possible. In conventional industrial agriculture, the soil is often tilled or plowed to disrupt weeds and prepare the land for planting. But turning the soil this way (or overgrazing animals on rangelands) introduces oxygen to the carbon. The carbon and oxygen then can bond into carbon dioxide—a greenhouse gas. As food production has intensified, between 50 percent and 80 percent of the world’s soil carbon has been lost, according to researchers at Ohio State University’s Carbon Management and Sequestration Center. Gabe Brown grows oats, alfalfa, peas, clover

and other field crops in North Dakota. He says that when he bought his land in 1991, his soil’s carbon level registered at a dismal 1.9 percent on average. “It was a tan, lifeless powder,” said Brown, who delivers seminars around the nation on carbon farming and has become a sort of guru of the movement. But then he decided not to till or plow to boost carbon levels in his soil. And his efforts have paid off. “Now, [the soil] looks like black cottage cheese,” he said, adding that his yields are as much as 25 percent greater than those of conventional farms nearby, and his soil is up to 6 percent carbon on average. According to Stedman, healthy, undisturbed soil rich in organic matter can contain anywhere from 8 percent to 20 percent carbon. In addition to minimal tilling and plowing, another way to sequester carbon in soil

is to add compost. Cover crops add carbon, too, and also reduce erosion. But to make a real dent in the carbon dioxide emissions—and climate change— with carbon farming, Stedman says farmers globally would have to deposit on average just over 25 tons of atmospheric carbon into each acre of the Earth’s arable land. That could take decades. And that assumes carbon emissions could also be halted and that all farmers in the world actually participate. Stedman says that, realistically, since only some farmers will actively try to sequester carbon in coming decades, it may require depositing much more than 25 tons per acre. There are signs beyond the Lima-Paris Action Agenda that the carbon farming movement is moving forward. The Carbon Cycle Institute is working with local governments to teach the basics of carbon farming to growers and ranchers around California. In France, the Ministry of Agriculture, Agrifood and Forestry has launched an international campaign to increase soil carbon content. There are other ways to sequester carbon besides agriculture and forestry, such as capturing emissions from power plants and piping the carbon to underground storage spaces. But Estrada says doing so by farming makes the most sense. “Photosynthesis and soil has been working for billions of years,” he said. “It’s the longest running [research and development] project around, so why not use the simple, well-proven one that we know works?” □

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ring on the ridge Releasing anger, learning discipline and letting go of tension are phrases that may sound like something out of a meditation retreat. Instead, these are the core principles and lessons the men at Liberty Boxing Club in Paradise try to instill in their young students. The owner, Jonathan Valdez (pictured at left), a father and former boxer from Hayward, came to Paradise to raise his young daughter in 2011. Soon after his arrival, Valdez saw that there were few physical outlets for the youth in his new town. Teaming up with longtime boxing coach and fighter Shawn Barry (center), certified physical fitness trainer Brian Cheney (right) and others, Valdez opened Liberty Boxing in September and created a new way for Paradise residents, including adults, to let off some steam. Find the business online at libertybox ingclub.com, on Facebook, or in person on the Ridge (6416 Skyway).

Why open a boxing club? Valdez: I started boxing about 24 years ago, and it really helped me learn confidence, and it taught me that I didn’t have to prove myself to anyone. Now, when I came up to Paradise, there’s nothing here to do. You go down the Skyway on a Sunday and nothing is open. There’s football and baseball, and that’s it. What are the kids here supposed to do with their time? We opened a 24-hour boxing gym to bring some-

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thing new to the community, and something constructive that teaches the youth here the skills they need to help get them through life.

What does a membership offer? Cheney: We offer boxing for fitness, boxing basics, and strength and conditioning courses. We also have a spar night where other clubs come in to fight. Members are able to pay for private professional training, and even if someone wants to come in just to get fit with our weight room, they can.

What goals do you have for the club? Barry: The club is run by people who care. There’s no ego here. We aren’t here for the money, and we want to keep it that way. We really want to this to be a permanent, structured outlet for Paradise.

Right now, we don’t have many older people, but that should change soon. There’s lots of talent here; maybe we will train a champion someday. But this is really about helping the youth. We hope to be able to keep more and more kids out of trouble and teach them the core values behind fighting.

How do you reach out to the youth? Valdez: I was in the system at a really young age, and I want to be able to give back as best I can. We offer sponsorships for foster children, and we match any sponsorship we get, dollar for dollar. Kids here, they don’t want to be preached at. Boxing, fighting, respect, discipline; it’s an outlet for them without preaching. So far, it’s working. —WHitNEy GARCiA

Mick Needham first opened his stained-glass shop meredithc@newsreview.com in Chico 45 years ago. It was an offering of sorts, his son Aaron told me, part of an effort to build an artists community downtown. While that vision may not have quite come to fruition, clearly Needham was able to turn the opportunity into a career. He moved Needham Studios to 237 Broadway a year later, and has been there ever since. One of the coolest things about art is that, while it can be beautiful or thought-provoking to everyone, there’s often a story behind it that only the artist—and perhaps the buyer of the art—knows. That can be said for the Needhams, whose main source of business is custom designs. A perfect example, and the one that brought me into the studio, is the large piece displayed at Gold Country Casino. My boyfriend and I spent New Year’s Eve there and when the time came to fill our bellies with food instead of booze, we headed over to The Cafe, outside of which sits an impressive stained-glass mural. “It’s a fantasy landscape,” Mick explained. “It’s the tribe’s sacred grounds in one landscape.” The piece includes Bald Rock, the Feather River, Feather Falls and native plants. The Needhams also created the windows at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Most people know the ones that hang above the bar in the taproom (see if you can find Bigfoot walking into the forest), but Aaron said he always points people to the business center—whose entrance is between the restaurant and Big Room—because of the particularly awesome domed skylight inside that features hops vines, dragonflies and spiders made of copper wire. Aaron joined his dad in the business about 20 years ago, and his younger brother Evan also works there. The recent recession did a number on the stained-glass industry, Mick explained, knocking out close to 70 percent of the studios and many of the suppliers as well. The Needhams survived by working other jobs and also by landing one serious gig—they won a national search contest to create a 15-foot-wide, multipanel window for Sutter Roseville Medical Center’s chapel. That piece is a nature scene depicting the grounds behind the medical center. The actual crafting of the windows includes hand-cutting each piece, wrapping the edges in copper wire and soldering it all together. Aside from using some new technology, it’s the same process artists have used for thousands of years, Aaron said. Over the years, Mick has taught his craft at Butte College and even was invited to give a lecture at the National Arts Club in Manhattan, a prestigious venue where one of his Tiffany-style lamps resides. (A bit of trivia: That lamp can be seen in the movies Moon Over Manhattan and Quiz Show.) Now people interested in learning how to create their own stained glass can take classes from Aaron through the Chico Art Center. The next round is set to begin this month.

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Six local folks likely to make an impact in the new year

ast week, as has become tradition for CN&R’s final issue of the year, we curated lists of the significant events of 2015. It’s now time to look forward, and in this case, we’re focusing on some of the people we think are likely to be newsmakers in the coming year—or at least contribute significantly to the community. Because it’s an election year, we chose to interview the two sitting members of the City Council who’ve announced their bids for re-election. The other folks we sat down with include the new leader of one of Chico’s highest-profile social service providers, the Jesus Center; the movers and shakers behind the cameras at Butte Community Access Channel, the promising new Chico-based community TV station; and then there’s Chico State President Paul Zingg who, on the run-up to his retirement, gives us his thoughts on his post in advance of the appointment of his successor—a person to watch, for sure. We hope you enjoy these insights into the lives and work of these newsworthy community members.

In line to be mayor Sean Morgan

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ean Morgan gives new meaning to the phrase “putting down roots.” He and his wife, Amber, and their two teenage sons live right next door to the house he grew up in. His mother still lives there, and every evening, she passes through a gate in the fence and joins them for dinner. The Morgans are grounded in family life even as they lead busy lives outside the home. They own a marketing business that Amber mostly manages; he’s a partner in a consulting firm that advises on business dynamics; he teaches project and strategy management at his alma mater, Chico State; and, oh yeah, he’s vice mayor of the city of Chico. That may end later this year, when the current mayor, Mark Sorensen, completes his two-year term. Traditionally, the gavel has passed to the vice mayor, but Morgan isn’t holding his breath. “I purposely try not to think about that,” he said during a recent interview in his comfortable north Chico home. “Mark’s a great mayor. He runs a great meeting.” Besides, in order to become mayor, Morgan, who is 46, must first win reelection in November. He admits he doesn’t much like campaigning, though he does enjoy going door to door. “I love setting policy,” he said. “Campaigning is what I have to do to set policy.” His campaign got off to a good start in July, when a kick-off barbecue and fundraiser attracted several A-list Republican politicians, including Rep. Doug LaMalfa. “It went well by any measure,” Morgan said, including financially. He added that he was

flattered that so many big-wigs attended. He expects 2016 to be an eventful year for the council. One area in which it has been active lately is public safety, particularly in student neighborhoods. Recent passage of an updated noise ordinance, the Unruly Gatherings Ordinance and an ordinance banning stuffed couches—potential bonfire fuel—on porches are all part of the effort. The city is now working with the university and the Associated Students to develop a memorandum of understanding under which the University Police Department will extend its coverage into student neighborhoods, freeing up city police to patrol other areas in the city. “That could be a big deal,” said Morgan, who initiated the effort when he became chairman of the citysponsored Town-Gown Committee. “We’re going to get there. We’re going to have the safest campus in the CSU system.” One controversial issue that will come before the council this year is Walmart’s proposal to expand its Forest Avenue store. The council narrowly nixed an expansion proposal in 2009, following a heated public battle over the issue, but this year “it’s not going to be so contentious,” Morgan said. That’s because four council members, a majority, are free-market conservatives. Morgan is less sanguine about homelessness. “It’s a dynamic issue,” he said, one that burdens just about every California city. There are no easy solutions, and “it’s not going away.” Overall, though, he’s optimistic about the city. It nearly went bankrupt, he said, and “it took everybody” to bring it back from the brink. “We got in a bad spot because we didn’t respond quickly enough, but that’s behind us now.” —ROBERT SPEER r ob e r tspe e r @ newsr ev iew.c o m

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It’s in his blood Randall Stone

andall Stone is no stranger to politics. Having been reared by a father who is a powerful, well-connected Bay Area assessor, he grew up talking shop around the dinner table. And one only has to look at Stone’s Facebook page, which he updates regularly, to see he’s passionate about his role as city councilman. “I’ve never been one to sit and collect a check,” he said during a recent interview. “I’m like my father—when he’s in office, you know he’s in office.” Stone is one of two city councilmen in Chico to announce his candidacy for 2016— over a year before the election. He’s anticipating an ugly one—election, that is—mostly because of all the money involved. And money is something Stone, a financial planner, knows a thing or two about. In fact, to hear him talk about the big issues—homelessness, public safety, the city’s bottom line—fiscal solvency is

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the single most important thing facing the council. He’s worried about city spending, particularly when it comes to the Police Department, and he believes everyone should be bracing for another recession in the next couple of years. “We shaved $4 million through employee concessions in June 2014,” he said. “But by April 2015, we gave back $1.5 million to a single group [the Chico Police Officers’ Association]. And that didn’t bring a single person to staff; it didn’t put a single police officer on the streets.” Aside from the money, Stone is most concerned about homelessness, an issue he thinks some of his fellow council members hope to solve by moving it out of town rather than addressing its underlying factors. That’s why, when the council recently was asked to appoint a member to the Chico Homeless Task Force, he may not have volunteered, but he didn’t back down either.

“We had three deaths recently [of homeless people] in Chico, and nobody batted an eye,” Stone said, adding, “We’re still fighting over whether these people live here.” He said that, in that regard, he plans to ask City Manager Mark Orme to work on getting more accurate demographic information about the homeless population in Chico. He

also believes that the city should take a multipronged approach when dealing with the issue. “We shouldn’t be beholden to a single silver bullet to fix this,” he said. Stone hopes to look to other local governments to see how they have tackled homelessness and ensure Chico adopts a model with a proven track record. In that vein, he joined the League of California Cities, for which he’s serving as vice president for 2015-16. That group has allowed him to network with and learn from people in similar positions in cities throughout the state, he said. When it comes to political aspirations, Stone said the City Council is the end of the line. It’s where he feels he can make the biggest impact. For sure, he’s banking on his family’s history in politics to keep him going. “I’m not a genius with this stuff. I just have lived and breathed it my entire life.” —MEREDITH J. COOPER mered i thc@new srev iew. com

Lights, camera, action! Debra Lucero and Skyler Sabine

itizens can watch public figures and members of the community on Butte Community Access Channel, or BCAC TV, on Channel 11, thanks to the hard work of two longtime arts advocates. The cable access station was formerly operated by WATCH C O N T I N U E D J A N U A R Y 7, 2 0 1 6

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North Valley Community Access until stewardship was acquired by Friends of the Arts in late 2014. The group has been overhauling the studio at Fifth and Main streets and acquiring equipment to run a modern digital-television studio. The station is overseen by Friends of the Arts Executive Director Debra Lucero and Skyler Sabine, the station’s program director, who spoke about some of the programs in production during a recent tour of the studio. The station will focus on local, community-oriented programming. Since June, members have been learning how to use all of the equipment through the hands-on production of shows. They have run a few previews of upcoming programs and also took over the duties of airing live video of Chico City Council meetings. The station began broadcasting local material full time at the beginning of 2016. Original programs include a newsmagazine-style comedy show made by a group of jokers led by Jeff Anderson; a Bob Ross-style painting show in which local artist Christine Mac Shane walks audiences through an entire painting in 28 minutes; a talk show featuring local personalities hosted by Muir Hughes; and much more. Another focus of the station is professional training. Fifty dollars buys membership and training in all aspects of production. That

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fee, and a possible future per-episode fee, will help cover the station’s operating costs and regular equipment upgrades. BCAC TV held a camp-style workshop for a group of at-risk youth from Fair View High School last summer. The program was funded by a grant from PG&E and entailed that the students pick a local nonprofit to make a video about. “The kids chose the [Barry R. Kirshner Wildlife Foundation], a great fit because they got to work with animals,” Lucero said. “It was originally supposed to be an interview piece, but the kids decided to move in a new direction and be on camera. The result is a four-minute kind of Disney-like piece that’s really fun and entirely their work.” The grant enabled BCAC TV to gift each of the students an iPad Mini at the end. More important, the students learned how to shoot and edit their own videos with them. Additional instructional programs are planned, and the studio space includes a classroom area that doubles as a meeting room. A similar endeavor is also happening with the Redding-based Shasta Community Access Channels. Lucero is also head of the Shasta County Arts Council, which is overseeing that project, and plans are for the stations to share programming. “The two cities are so close together, but people don’t think of them as being so relat-

ed,” Sabine said. “Redding has always done its thing, and Chico does its thing, and this is a way we can bridge that gap and share our regional identity.” —KEN SMITH ken s@ newsr ev iew.c o m

Here to serve Laura Cootsona

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he holidays are by far our busiest season … the whole building is just filled with energy,” said Laura Cootsona, executive director of the Jesus Center, during a recent interview at a downtown coffee shop. For weeks, a steady stream of churches and service groups visited the south Chico facility daily, delivering clothes, toys and food to distribute to the homeless and impoverished people the center serves. This was Cootsona’s first holiday season leading the center, having assumed the position in late October. Cootsona said she’d learned a lot about “the complexity of running a robust social service agency” in just two months. “Between personnel and strategy, there are so many opportunities, great ideas, people to meet and so many groups to attend to,” she said. “My daily challenge is really just having the discernment to say what needs to be done first, what’s next, when to say, ‘I’m not sure yet,’ and when to say, ‘Let’s go.’” Cootsona said the organization will focus on a few major objectives in 2016, the foremost being better advertising the range of services it offers. “We really want to clarify what we do and have been doing,” Cootsona said. “We have great entry-level opportunities like eating, showering and getting mail. We also have mid-range services to get people off the streets, putting them up in our women’s shelter, getting a driver’s license and getting benefits in order. Then we have programs that work on independent living and getting jobs.” The center also will work on its employment services, particularly by reaching out to employers: “Some of our folks honestly don’t have the best record,” she said, “so employers that work with them need to be special folks. It’s not just a matter of skillbuilding; we need to work both sides.” Cootsona said the most difficult part of her job is weighing the immediate and longterm benefits—and consequences—of any action the organization takes. “We’re the last stop and the last step for a lot of people,” she said. “If we exclude those people and stop providing certain services in a certain kind of way, there’s nowhere else for them to go. It makes my decisionmaking much slower and much more painful. Something may seem like a perfectly

great idea, but the ramifications can be huge.” As an example, Cootsona explained security at the shelter is a concern. “It’s no mystery our population is vulnerable and volatile. Some people on the streets might carry a weapon and that’s understandable; I’d probably carry a weapon, too, if I lived on the streets. We don’t have metal detectors or any other system in place to ensure safety, and that’s an issue for staff. “We have to decide how to keep the organization safe and sound so we can continue to do the good work we do. We have to consider the long-term good of folks we serve, and it can make today’s decisions a little different and more difficult.” —KEN SMITH kens@ newsr ev iew.c o m

Big shoes to fill Chico State’s next president

his one’s a mystery. We don’t yet know whom to watch, only where to look: the office in Kendall Hall, long occupied by Chico State President Paul Zingg. Considering that Zingg has been at the helm of the university—arguably Chico’s most vital institution—for about a dozen years, selecting his successor is a big deal. With a national search in full swing, Chico State’s chief sat down with the CN&R to discuss the future of the university’s leadership. Zingg, 70, is resigned to retirement. After facing a string of serious health issues since undergoing heart bypass surgery last spring, the strain on his family became too much. The upcoming spring semester, then, represents his final act as president. Throughout, he’ll be conscious of his responsibility “not to make decisions that would be hard for [the next president] to live with.” For example, despite the importance of stability among the university’s top administrators, he won’t hire a permanent provost—Interim Provost Susan Elrod is committed to the position only through spring. “The new president may have a different notion of what the provost should be,” Zingg said. “You don’t want to commit them to a decision I make at the eleventh hour.” As for Zingg’s own replacement, the search “follows a formula,” he said. An advisory committee, made up of representatives from Chico State, other California State University campuses and the broader Chico community, is whittling the pool of candidates down to three or four people and will provide those recommendations to the CSU board of trustees. The trustees, in turn, will appoint Chico State’s next leader dur-

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ing its two-day meeting March 8 and 9. The new president likely will make an appearance on Chico State’s campus within days of the appointment, Zingg said, but won’t step into the role until mid-summer. First and foremost, that person will set about attracting donations. That’s out of necessity. When Zingg first became president, the state provided 90 percent of funding for operations; now, the state provides 49 percent, he said. Student fees have risen, but they don’t completely cover the loss of state support. “Even more so than what I’ve done, fundraising is going to be a major responsibility of the new president,” he said. The timing is right for Zingg’s successor to immediately implement a fresh vision. Both the university’s Strategic Plan and the Master Plan, which pertain to academic programming and campus facilities, respectively, are overdue for revision, Zingg said. On the other hand, recent turmoil at Chico

State might be unappealing to some candidates. During its final meeting of the fall semester, the university’s Academic Senate delivered votes of no confidence in Zingg, Elrod and Lorraine Hoffman, vice president for Business and Finance. “If candidates think the campus is in chaos, yeah, that could hurt the search,” Zingg said. “But some candidates will also be attracted to the challenge that represents. It’s a mixed bag.” Only time will reveal who, exactly, will be sitting in the president’s office in Kendall Hall next fall, but Zingg hopes it’s someone who appreciates the job. “It’s got to be somebody who really loves both the university and community and is able to express that genuinely,” he said. “The person’s got to have a sense of delight, not just obligation, in being involved.” —HOWARD HARDEE h owa rd h @new srev i ew. c o m

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Local artist Dragonboy’s exhibit inspired by Buddhist deity recently rifled through LhisSutherland storage unit, choosing old pieces ocal artist David “Dragonboy”

that will soon find a temporary home at his 1078 Gallery story and retrospective show, photo by Mahakala: Guardian Rachel Bush of the Temple. He has quite a collection, from abstract paintings to ART SHOW: neon-colored doodles Mahakala: Guardian of the Temple shows to 3-foot-tall 3-D Jan. 7-23 at the assemblages featuring 1078 Gallery. plastic toy buckets, Reception Jan. 21, karate trophies and 6-9 p.m. old comic strips fused 1078 Gallery together onto cork820 Broadway board canvases and 343-1973 slabs of wood. www.1078gallery.org Having been around the proverbial (art) block several times, it seems natural that Sutherland’s menagerie is large enough to fill a retrospective show. After working in graphic design at Chico State in the mid-1990s, he went on to open Chico’s Crux Artist Collective and then co-founded MANAS Artspace. He’s had shows at the university, often collaborates with Chikoko’s fashion performances and once instigated a three-day event at the 1078, during which he locked himself inside and invited people

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to come make art with him. “It was pretty rad,” he recounted. “I sold a painting to a frat boy.” Starting today (Jan. 7), his works will be displayed at his first official 1078 show. “I’ve been fantasizing about this for a long time,” he said. “A lot of these pieces haven’t been in any show.” It’s not easy to pinpoint a specific style that unifies Sutherland’s mixedmedia works, but that’s intentional. “Once we pigeonhole ourselves as this or that, then we lose a certain essence that is, for me, what the Mahakala represents. … It frees us from stagnation—of being tied to the material plane,” he said. The Mahakala—his show’s title and an inspiration for his art and spirituality— is a compassionate deity recognized in all schools of Tibetan Buddhism. “He’s a no-bullshit god,” Sutherland explained. “[He’ll] help you out, but you have to show up. It’s more like, ‘I’ll fill you with energy if you do the right thing.’” Sutherland’s art evokes the spirit of the Mahakala much more than traditional depictions, which show the god with fiery eyebrows and a crown of skulls. So it is with his piece “WOLFGAR.” Made from various sizes and shapes of colorful wooden slabs, the abstract mask comes together in near-perfect symmetry. With plastic figurines and leaves framing the

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face-like structure, it does little to recall the Mahakala’s physical representation. From his most recent masks to his assemblages, Sutherland’s pieces are similar, not in form, but in the process of their creation. Gathering items from thrift stores, roadsides and railroad tracks, he uses screws, wires and epoxy adhesive (his “new best friend”) to fuse old stuff into something new. “[The process] is pretty simple, and yet the creative spirit is very much involved because I don’t know what I’m going to make. I’m not trying to say anything. It’s more of an honoring of creation itself.” Much like each individual piece, the collection of works featured in Mahakala will be installed as one large assemblage. Visitors also can expect poetry and an interactive component to the show. “When people come to my show, I want them to be inspired and to have a sense of hope for the future, where we get back to taking pleasure in creation.” For that reason, Sutherland plans to sell his works for next to nothing. He half-jokingly offers alternatives to money payments, too. “Buy me a burrito or something. If someone connects to the piece, I want them to have it. I want to JHW LW RXW WKHUH ³ Ɛ

GUIGNOLFEST Friday, Jan. 8 Blue Room Theatre

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FINE ARTS Art 1078 GALLERY: Mahakala: Guardian of the

Temple, work by David “Dragonboy” Sutherland featuring upcycled art pieces. 1/7-1/23. 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

BEATNIKS COFFEE HOUSE & BREAKFAST JOINT: Altered/Altars, altars and being

altered; works by Sisko. 1/7-1/31. 1387 E. Eighth St., (530) 894-2800, www.chico beatniks.com.

CHICO ART CENTER: Winter Art and Gift

Extravaganza, artists will display jewelry, sculptures, paintings, pottery and more. 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

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singer/songwriter and storyteller Chuck Brodsky has garnered comparisons to Mark Twain and Woody Guthrie, and is known for his many songs devoted to tales of our national pastime, baseball. Dinner (6pm) and show (7pm). F, 1/8, 6pm. $20 at door and at www.eventbrite.com. Paradise Grange, 5704 Chapel Drive, (530) 762-1490.

have 20-plus kittens available for adoption at 629 Entler Ave. Suite 13. Sa, 1/9, 11am-2pm. Call for details, (530) 894-1365.

WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT FUNDRAISER: Live music from four bands to help raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project. Sa, 1/9, 7pm. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 East Park Ave., (530) 345-7499, tackleboxchico.com.

LARRY PATTIS: Fingerstyle guitarist playing jazz, country, blues and classical music. F, 1/8, 7:30pm. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

Special Events GUIGNOLFEST: This three-hour program of short horror films was made over the course of 72 hours during the annual horror-film contest that took place in Portland this past fall. F, 1/8, 8pm. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

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CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by

Day and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. Ongoing. $2-$4. 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwell park.org.

CHICO MUSEUM: Mik cupu Dy: This Is Our

Home, Here We Remain, presented from the perspective of the Mechoopda people, focusing on the tribe’s heritage and history and using the four seasons to delineate periods of happiness, success and tragedy. Ongoing. 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336, www.chicomuseum.org.

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: A railroad and

logging museum in Paradise. Ongoing, 79pm. 5570 Black Olive Dr., (530) 877-1919.

Museums CHICO AIR MUSEUM: An ongoing display highlighting local aviation history. Ongoing. 165 Ryan Ave., (530) 345-6468.

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Special Events STAND-UP COMEDY SHOWCASE: The area’s top stand-up comics perform as well as those trying their hand at comedy for the first time. Signups begin at 8pm. Hosted by Jason Allen. W, 9pm. Free. Studio Inn Cocktail Lounge, 2582 Esplanade, (530) 343-0662.

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Special Events YOUR M.O.M. COMEDY NIGHT: Weekly open mic comedy with 20 open slots. Sign-ups at 8pm. M, 9pm through 8/29. No cover. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

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MUSICAL HEALING The gigantic wooden American flag art piece that serves as the stage backdrop at bar/grill/bait shop/venue The Tackle Box ain’t just for show. There is some serious patriotism going down at The Box on any given day, and especially on Saturday, Jan. 9, when the bar will host a fundraiser for The Wounded Warrior Project. The bands have yet to be announced, but the venue promises four of Northern California’s finest acts will be on hand to contribute to the effort.

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jazz appointment with experimental local troupe Bogg. F, 11am. Free. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 5669476, www.cafecoda.com.

GRASS FIRE: The San Jose garage-rockers are joined by local rockers The Maker’s Mile and Bandmaster Ruckus. F, 1/8, 9pm. $7. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

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BASSMINT: A weekly electronic dance party with a rotating cast of local and regional DJs. Check with venue for details. F, 9:30pm. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St., (530) 895-3888.

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AARON RICH & FRIENDS: Country music

round-robin. Third and First Th of every month, 9pm. Free. Crazy Horse Saloon, 303 Main St., (530) 894-5408, www.facebook.com/crazyhorsesaloon.

BEER RELEASE PARTY: Meet the brewmaster and enjoy a pint of the new Black Cascadian Dark Ale. Th, 1/7,

6-9pm. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 5333885, www.featherfallscasino.com/ brewing-co.

CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

Th, 8-11pm. Free. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

OPEN MIC: Singers, poets and musicians welcome. Th, 7-10pm. Has Beans Café, 501 Main St., (530) 894-3033, www.has beans.com.

star. F, 1/8, 9pm. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 East Park Ave., (530) 345-7499, tackleboxchico.com.

tion: Friday night happy hour with traditional Irish music by the Pub Scouts. F, 4pm. $1. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.

TENACIOUS, SPASTIC, OLD, LOUD

Jack Grisham and his pals began banging out loud, snotty punk rock songs under the name TSOL in 1978, with the band playing an important role in early Orange County and L.A. punk history. Grisham also became a footnote in actual history books in 2003, when he was among the 135 candidates in the epically strange “Total Recall” gubernatorial election that ultimately gave California its Guvernator, Arnold Schwarzenegger. TSOL plays Tuesday, Jan. 12, at Lost on Main.

LARRY PATTIS: Fingerstyle guitarist playing jazz, country, blues and classical music. F, 1/8, 7:30pm. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

LOOKING 4 ELEVEN: Sixtiess to ’80s rock

covers. F, 1/8, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

CHUCK BRODSKY: North Carolina folk singer/songwriter and storyteller Chuck Brodsky has garnered comparisons to Mark Twain and Woody Guthrie, and is known for his many songs devoted to tales of our national pastime, baseball. Dinner (6pm) and show (7pm). F, 1/8, 6pm. $20, at door and at www.eventbrite.com. Paradise Grange, 5704 Chapel Dr., (530) 762-1490.

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LEGAL ADDICTION: Classic, R&B and country covers. Sa, 1/9, 8:30pm. Free. Feather Falls Casino, Bow & Arrow Lounge, 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfallscasino.com.

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through 12/20. Free. Gogi’s Café, 230 Salem St. Next to transit center, (530) 891-3570, www.gogiscafe.com.

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as well as those trying their hand at comedy for the first time. Sign-ups begin at 8pm. Hosted by Jason Allen. W, 9pm. Free. Studio Inn Cocktail Lounge, 2582 Esplanade, (530) 343-0662.

County-born punk rock legends come to town with slightly less old-school So Cal punks Left Alone. Locals West by Swan and Slay It Forward open. Tu, 1/12, 9pm. $12. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

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Kicking off the new year with new local bands at the Chico Women’s Club, Fcommunity radio station KZFR

or its New Year’s Eve “blowout”

deftly and gleefully straddled the line between the story and old and the new photo by by featuring four Carey Wilson local bands that indulge in the nostalgia of earReview: KZFr nyE Blowout lier eras of rock with Skin Peaks, Solar ’n’ roll while Estates, Pink Bandana simultaneously and Cell Block, delivering new Thursday, Dec. 31, at Chico Women’s Club. permutations of rock’s infinitely recombinant DNA. The Women’s Club setting— with its polished wooden floor, French-doored back patio, tiled veranda and velvet-curtained elevated stage—still has the ambiance of its 1933 vintage, and it provided a nostalgic vibe that buffered the journey into 2016. Arriving unfashionably early, I enjoyed sipping a Black Velvet and Coke from the small mobile bar at the back of the room while chatting with pre-band DJ Mattle Axe (aka local graphic artist extraordinaire Matt Loomis), who indulged my early evening nostalgia by punching Hawkwind’s “Silver Machine” into his playlist. Kicking off the live-music festivities with a blast of young, raw power rock was trio Cell Block, led by guitarist and vocalist Kenzie Zevely-Howlett, whose

effects-laden guitar sound blasted through a suitably loud Marshall half-stack. The band lived up to its Facebook description as “Goth (wannabe Joy Division, but not too much like them).” The rhythm section, bassist Aidan Sobon and drummer Sawyer Goodson, punched out solid, somewhat hyperkinetic rhythms and bottom end to support Zevely-Howlett’s huge guitar sound and emotive vocals. Her comfortable interaction with the audience and the band’s playful, histrionic rock-star moves and tightly rehearsed songs easily won the crowd over. With the energy in the room suitably elevated, self-described “queercore, riot grrl, punk rock” trio Pink Bandana—made up of Chico punk veterans bassist/vocalist Rachel Love (aka Rache Riot), guitarist Puck James and Cell Block drummer Goodson—took over the stage and gear. Puck, fetchingly clad in a sparkly miniskirt, black leggings and sleeveless top, churned out riffs and power chords reminiscent of Steve Jones’ seminal punk rock hooks for the Sex Pistols, and Love’s womanat-the-end-of-her-rope vocals and pummeling bass lines backed by Sawyer’s straight-ahead drumming inspired the crowd to move. Solar Estates, for me the most surprising choice of music-makers for the night, brought an entirely different vibe to the stage. With three of the electro-pop ensem-

ble’s four members playing keyboards as well as the usual guitars and bass, the group generated a sound familiar to fans of 1980s British techno-pop in the flavor of Depeche Mode or OMD. Very well-conceived and -executed, but, also in the mode of its forebears, a bit dour for a New Year’s Eve. In other words, a very brave and challenging choice for second billing for this event and one that underscored the open-to-anything nature of the Chico scene. But—this being a “blowout”— a genuine barnstormer of a finale was needed to blow us through the midnight transition from last year to this, and the perfect choice to do so arrived in the form of Skin Peaks, featuring the members of Bunnymilk (drummer Elliot Maldonado, guitarist Lisa Hiatt and lead vocalist Kelly Brown), plus The She Things’ bassist/vocalist Kerra Jessen. The fairly new band has developed a unique blend of old-school rock ’n’ roll, surf-punk, ambient guitar textures and gorgeously emotive vocals. What may have seemed an unlikely hybrid of the punkabilly exuberance of The She Things and the more contemplative and ghostly Bunnymilk, turned out to be a perfect sonic cocktail, the equivalent of Jack Daniels and Irish cream with a floater of Everclear. A luxurious and powerful new blend—just the thing for toasting in a brand new year of musical possibilities. □

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Wahlberg) returns to battle for their affections. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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A supernatural horror flick about a young American woman (Natalie Dormer) who braves a haunted forest in Japan to search for her twin sister, who went missing there. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

The Revenant

The latest from director Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, Birdman) is an epic Western set in 1823 that follows a frontiersman (Leonardo DiCaprio) on a quest for survival and revenge in the unforgiving Montana/South Dakota wilderness during the middle of winter. Also starring Tom Hardy and Domhnall Gleeson. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Truth

The good, the badass and the absurd Tarantino’s wild, energetic and half-baked Western

Oextravaganza: cinephilia run amok, again. It’s a delirious, movie-mad comedy of violence ne way of looking at the new Quentin Tarantino

and deception. It’s an indoor Western set among snowy Wyoming landscapes lovingby ly filmed in wider-than-widescreen Juan-Carlos 70mm. It’s a lurid, bloody Wild Selznick West chamber play, part revenge tragedy, part chamber of horrors in 19th-century drag. It features a lively group of lethal characters who aren’t exactly what they seem, but only because nearly all of them are much worse, or much The Hateful Eight further from any hope of redempStarring Jennifer tion, than they at first seem to be. Jason Leigh, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt russell And the movie itself isn’t exactly and Tim roth. Directed what it seems to be either, but that’s by Quentin Tarantino. simply another facet of Tarantino’s Cinemark 14, Feather exuberantly perverse entertainment river Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. schemes. On the whole, I’d say the first rated r. half of The Hateful Eight is first-rate Tarantino, but the second half rejiggers much of what has preceded it and sends the title characters off to some kind of action-movie junkpile. There’s a lot in that junkpile that’s salvageable, but the film as a whole still ends up being decidedly less than the sum of its considerable parts. Rival bounty hunters played by Samuel L. Jackson

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and Kurt Russell loom particularly large in the action (much of which is mostly talk), but the character closest to this movie’s dark heart is a hillbilly trollop wanted for murder and played by Jennifer Jason Leigh. She is the prisoner of mustachioed John Ruth (Russell), who means to collect the bounty on her and witness her hanging in a town called Red Rock. She spends much of the movie handcuffed to Ruth and enduring the violence visited upon her by him and others. The blows, mostly to the head and face, are ferocious, but she seems to have the stamina and durability of a cartoon character, and that along with her viciousness and rascality gives her a kind of bond with most of the other characters. Tarantino, for his part, puts her in the center of group shots and lets her lewdly leer while the men around her bark dialogue at each other. Tim Roth shines as an English dandy who has credentials as a hangman, but there’s not much he can do with the part of the role that reveals his actual identity, which is far less convincing and not very interesting. The one thing that is interesting about that character and several of the others (including those played by Bruce Dern, Michael Madsen and Demián Bichir) is that Tarantino has chosen to build much of the film’s meandering narrative around good actors playing cliché characters who, inexplicably, are very good at acting a part—but only for as long as some cockamamie plotting requires it. All told, The Hateful Eight is both epic and absurdist, with not enough of either one. It’s got eight very bad people in deadly conflict, but its most inspired moments involve a heavily damaged cabin door that won’t stay closed against a howling wind unless it’s nailed shut with at least two boards. W. C. Fields did it better in the classic 1933 two-reeler The Fatal Glass of Beer. □

A docudrama that revisits the events surrounding the real-life controversy involving CBS News producer Mary Mapes and anchor Dan Rather and the accuracy of documents used in a story about George Bush’s military record they reported on 60 Minutes in the months leading up to the 2004 presidential election. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

Now playing Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip

Installment No. 4 in the animated-film franchise finds the chipmunk trio on a hijinksfilled road trip to Miami to try and stop their mentor, Dave, from getting engaged. Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

The Big Short

The subject of The Big Short is the economic collapse of 2008 as seen from the vantage point of a handful of Wall Street misfits who foresee the collapse and are appalled and/or enraged by the official indifference to the carefully documented evidence of what will soon transpire. Using Michael Lewis’ book on the subject as their central source, writer-director Adam McKay and co-writer Charles Randolph have fashioned a serio-comic drama that serves both as gnarly social satire and as a gonzo kind of morality play. And those misfit brokers—Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, among others—are seemingly the rag-tag heroes of a semi-comic caper, but they, too, get their assorted moments of not-so-comic reckoning. McKay and company do an effective job of presenting the specifics of subprime mortgages, the housing bubble, the delusional enthusiasm of bankers, brokers and the “clients” of both. But the real brilliance of The Big Short resides in the mixed sympathies of its main characters and in its sidelong evocations of a kind of collective insanity in the era of “too big to fail.” Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —J.C.S.

Concussion

Will Smith stars as Bennet Omalu in this biopic about the forensic pathologist who fought against the NFL’s attempts to suppress his work showing the connection between concussions and degenerative brain disease. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Daddy’s Home

Will Ferrell plays a stepdad whose efforts to connect with his stepchildren are challenged when the kids’ birth father (Mark

The latest Pixar 3-D animated feature imagines a world in which dinosaurs were not wiped out by an asteroid hitting Earth, where a displaced dinosaur and a young caveboy become unlikely friends. Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

The Hateful Eight

See review this issue. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —J.C.S.

Joy

It’s a David O. Russell film, yes, but Joy is, in a way, “all Jennifer Lawrence, all the time.” It’s a star vehicle, but even more than that, it feels as though it’s written for and around everything she’s been so far in her best movies (including Russell’s American Hustle, as well as Winter’s Bone and The Hunger Games). The moxie, the giddy naivete, the maternal precocity, the off-handed saintliness, the tough-mindedness, the grassroots smarts—it’s all there, in the character she plays (Joy Mangano, the housewife who invented the Miracle Mop) and the movie as a whole—which is also the story of Mangano’s flamboyantly ramshackle family (a little too precious in its cutesy, made-to-order weirdness and suburban grotesquerie) and the business empire she built with them and for them, and sometimes despite them. Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

Point Break

A remake of the 1991 film about an FBI agent who infiltrates a group of surfers (changed to a team of extreme athletes for the current version) moonlighting as thieves—with Édgar Ramirez and Luke Bracey filling the roles originally played by Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

Sisters

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey play two adult sisters who return to their childhood home to throw one big party before their parents sell the place. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

The Force Awakens entertains. It’s a fast, funny, noisy super-spectacle. It’s an armchair version of a theme-park thrill ride that aims to excite and soothe at the same time. Beyond that, let me offer some marginal notes: The key newcomers—Daisy Ridley as Rey, Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron, John Boyega as Finn, Adam Driver as Kylo Ren—all make strong impressions. Ridley has the best role. Isaac does the best acting, but only in the early parts of the story. The returning veterans—Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill—seem like guest performers on some kind of reunion tour. They’ve all outgrown their respective characters (including the aging versions they play here), but they’re all good troupers, and they gamely play along with the fun. The story provides a pretext for the spectacular visual displays, but the story and visuals get their main dramatic effects from the grand musical score and the orchestration of those larger-than-life sound effects. Take John Williams’ music away, and the film begins to lose its sense of vast expansiveness. Even some of the interior scenes might begin to feel as enclosed and claustrophobic as anything from the cheapie sci-fi of the 1950s. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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Henri’s favorite cold-weather stew and soup recipes

A globetrotting youth was discovering the universal nature of soups mong the many thrills of Henri’s

and stews, and of sampling them around the world: coconut by soup in Thailand, Henri Bourride lentil-and-bacon h enri @ soup in Germany, new srev i ew. c o m gazpacho in Spain, lamband-garbanzo harira in Morocco, dashi in Japan, pistou in France, mulligatawny in India, borscht in Russia, and of course chowders in New England and gumbos in Louisiana. Often associated with healing— emotional, spiritual, physical—soups are perfect for these blustery winter evenings. Now settling into middle age, Henri loves little more than a pot of soup simmering on the stove, a tall glass of decent Bordeaux, and big stack of Cooks Illustrated magazines and Williams & Sonoma catalogues on the coffee table by a crackling fire—while rain and wind shake the windows or a dense valley fog falls onto the streets. Soups are also very easy to make, and although recipes might seem daunting, they’re generally quite flexible. Naturally, you want to include the defining ingredients, but exact amounts and other seasonings should be left to your taste and discretion, as well as to what you’ve got in your refrigerator and spice cabinet. Here are three of Henri’s new favorite soup and stew recipes guaranteed to warm you up on a cold winter’s day. Hot and spicy peanut soup This thick, creamy soup is perfect with a Caesar or other light salad. 2 tablespoons olive oil

1 onion, diced 4 garlic cloves, crushed 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper 1 red bell pepper, diced 3 carrots, diced 2 potatoes, diced 2 celery stalks, diced 4 cups chicken or vegetable stock 1 cup corn kernels 1 1/2 cups peanut butter 1 cup unsalted peanuts, chopped

In a large pan, heat the oil and cook the onion and garlic until lightly brown. Stir in the cayenne. Add the red pepper, carrots, potato and celery and cook for 8-10 minutes. Add the stock, peanut butter and corn; stir well, and simmer for 20-30 minutes or until vegetables are cooked. Season with salt and pepper and serve garnished with chopped peanuts. Pork, shrimp and noodle soup From Vietnam, this soup is a meal in itself. 1 lb. pork tenderloin, sliced thin 8-12 oz. large shrimp (shelled and deveined) 6-10 oz. thin egg noodles 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 tablespoon sesame oil 1 onion, sliced 1 tablespoon grated ginger root 2 garlic cloves, crushed 2 quarts chicken stock 2 lemon leaves 1 tablespoon fish sauce 1 tablespoon lime juice several sprigs of cilantro, chopped 2 scallions or green onions, chopped

Cook noodles in large saucepan; drain and set aside. In a wok or skillet, heat vegetable and sesame oils together. Add onions and stir-fry until lightly brown; remove and set aside. Add the

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chicken stock, ginger and garlic and simmer for several minutes. Stir in the lemon leaves, fish sauce and lime juice. Add the pork and simmer for 15 minutes or until meat is cooked. Add the shrimp and noodles and cook until shrimp are pink (just a couple of minutes). Serve garnished with cilantro and green onions or scallions. Anne’s beef stew a lighter version of the classic stew. Excellent mopped up with sourdough or focaccia bread. 3-4 lbs. stew meat, cubed 1/2 cup flour 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 large onion, sliced 1 leek, sliced 1 bay leaf 1 teaspoon fresh (or dried) thyme 1 teaspoon fresh (or dried) oregano 1 quart beef stock 6 carrots, sliced 10-12 small white onions, whole 2 celery stalks, sliced 3 garlic cloves, crushed 2 medium potatoes, cubed 1/2 lb. green beans (fresh or frozen) 1/2 lb. peas (fresh or frozen) chopped parsley and chives

Heat oil and butter together in large pan and brown floured beef cubes. Add garlic, sliced onion, celery, leaks, carrots, herbs, bay leaf and enough beef stock to cover (add water if you need to). Simmer for about an hour. Stir in potatoes, white onions, peas and beans and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer until meat is tender and potatoes and onions are done. Serve garnished with parsley and chives. □

IN THE MIX I Will Work the Land Eugene Quell Exploding in Sound/Tipp City As a member of fawned-over London math-rock crew Meet Me in St. Louis, vocalist Toby Hayes exhibited a pronounced range of emotion that few vocalists of that technically draining subgenre are able to touch. His newest project, coming on the heels of the dissolution of his other venture, Shoes and Socks Off, is Eugene Quell, a grungy, melodic garage project with Hayes as maestro. The four-song I Will Work the Land is the third of a trio of spectrum-spanning, lo-fi gems, and vacillates in greater extremes than his previous two. On “London Pollen,” Hayes sleepily croons over sparse percussion and a lullaby guitar run before dueling fuzz leads cut through the trance. “Song for Marla & Lucas” is the best kind of slacker-rock—melodic, explosive and infinitely hummable. “Soft Coin” follows in an upbeat poppunk milieu à la Bob Mould before the demure closer “RRW” ends the EP with a plaintive acoustic ditty that has Hayes stripping away his buzzsaw visage in favor of a folksy sweetness. Highly recommended.

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Detail of “The Critic,” by Weegee.

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FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 7, 2016 ARIES (March 21-April 19): John Stein-

beck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. His novel Of Mice and Men helped win him the award, but it required extra persistence. When he’d almost finished the manuscript, he went out on a date with his wife. While they were gone, his puppy Toby ripped his precious pages into confetti. As mad as he was, he didn’t punish the dog, but got busy on a rewrite. Later he considered the possibility that Toby had served as a helpful literary critic. The new edition of Of Mice and Men was Steinbeck’s breakout book. I’m guessing that in recent months you have received comparable assistance, Aries—although you may not realize it was assistance until later this year.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Remem-

ber back to what your life was like during the first nine months of 2004. I suspect that you fell just short of fulfilling a dream. It’s possible you were too young to have the power you needed. Or maybe you were working on a project that turned out to be pretty good but not great. Maybe you were pushing to create a new life for yourself but weren’t wise enough to make a complete breakthrough. Almost 12 years later, you have returned to a similar phase in your long-term cycle. You are better equipped to do what you couldn’t quite do before: create the masterpiece, finish the job, rise to the next level.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): To become

a skillful singer, you must learn to regulate your breath. You’ve got to take in more oxygen than usual for extended periods, and do it in ways that facilitate rather than interfere with the sounds coming out of your mouth. When you’re beginning, it feels weird to exert so much control over an instinctual impulse, which previously you’ve done unconsciously. Later, you have to get beyond your self-conscious discipline so you can reach a point where the proper breathing happens easily and gracefully. Although you may not be working to become a singer in 2016, Gemini, I think you will have comparable challenges: (1) to make conscious an activity that has been unconscious; (2) to refine and cultivate that activity; and (3) to allow your consciously-crafted approach to become unselfconscious again.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ancient

humans didn’t “invent” fire, but rather learned about it from nature and then figured out how to produce it as needed. Ropes had a similar origin. Our ancestors employed long vines made of tough fiber as primitive ropes, and eventually got the idea to braid and knot the vines together for greater strength. This technology was used to hunt, climb, pull, fasten and carry. It was essential to the development of civilization. I predict that 2016 will bring you opportunities that have metaphorical resemblances to the early rope. Your task will be to develop and embellish on what nature provides.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): British author

Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) had a day job with the postal service until he was in his fifties. For years he awoke every morning at 5:30 and churned out 2,500 words before heading to work. His goal was to write two or three novels a year, a pace he came close to achieving. “A small daily task, if it really be daily,” he wrote in his autobiography, “will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules.” I recommend that you borrow from his strategy in 2016, Leo. Be regular and disciplined and diligent as you practice the art of gradual, incremental success.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Umbrellas

shelter us from the rain, saving us from the discomfort of getting soaked and the embarrassment of bad hair. They also protect us from the blinding light and sweltering heat of the sun. I’m very much in favor of these practical perks. But when umbrellas appear in your nightly dreams, they may have a less positive meaning. They can indicate an inclination to shield yourself from natural forces, or to avoid direct contact with primal sensuality. I hope you won’t do much of that in 2016. In

BY ROB BREZSNY my opinion, you need a lot of face-toface encounters with life in its raw state. Symbolically speaking, this should be a non-umbrella year.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Around the

world, an average of 26 languages go extinct every year. But it increasingly appears that Welsh will not be one of them. It has enjoyed a revival in the past few decades. In Wales, it’s taught in many schools, appears on road signs and is used in some mobile phones and computers. Is there a comparable phenomenon in your life, Libra? A tradition that can be revitalized and should be preserved? A part of your heritage that may be useful to your future? A neglected aspect of your birthright that deserves to be reclaimed? Make it happen in 2016.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Four-

teenth-century author Geoffrey Chaucer produced a collection of stories known as The Canterbury Tales. It became a seminal text of English literature even though he never finished it. The most influential book ever written by theologian Thomas Aquinas was a work he gave up on before it was completed. The artist Michelangelo never found the time to put the final touches on numerous sculptures and paintings. Why am I bringing this theme to your attention? Because 2016 will be an excellent time to wrap up long-term projects you’ve been working on—and also to be at peace with abandoning those you can’t.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A

bottle of Chateau Cheval Blanc wine from 1947 sold for $304,000. Three bottles of Chateau Lafite-Rothschild 1869 went for $233,000 apiece. The mystique about aged wine provokes crazy behavior like that. But here’s a more mundane fact: Most wine deteriorates with age, and should be sold within a few years of being bottled. I’m thinking about these things as I meditate on your long-term future, Sagittarius. My guess is that your current labor of love will reach full maturity in the next 18 to 20 months. This will be a time to bring all your concentration and ingenuity to bear on making it as good as it can be. By September of 2017, you will have ripened it as much as it can be ripened.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In

her poem “Tree,” California poet Jane Hirshfield speaks of a young redwood tree that’s positioned next to a house. Watch out! It grows fast—as much as three feet per year. “Already the first branch-tips brush at the window,” Hirshfield writes. “Softly, calmly, immensity taps at your life.” I suspect this will be an apt metaphor for you in 2016. The expansion and proliferation you have witnessed these past few months are likely to intensify. That’s mostly good, but may also require adjustments. How will you respond as immensity taps at your life?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Centu-

ries ago, lettuce was a bitter, prickly weed that no one ate. But ancient Egyptians guessed its potential, and used selective breeding to gradually convert it into a tasty food. I see 2016 as a time when you could have a comparable success. Look around at your life, and identify weed-like things that could, through your transformative magic, be turned into valuable assets. The process may take longer than a year, but you can set in motion an unstoppable momentum that will ensure success.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Imagine

that a beloved elder has been writing down your life story in the form of a fairy tale. Your adventures aren’t rendered literally, as your waking mind might describe them, but rather through dream-like scenes that have symbolic resonance. With this as our template, I’ll predict a key plot development of 2016: You will grow increasingly curious about a “forbidden” door—a door you have always believed should not be opened. Your inquisitiveness will reach such an intensity that you will consider locating the key for that door. If it’s not available, you may even think about breaking down the door.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO OROVILLE OUTDOOR ADVENTURERS, COOA at 21 Tarn Circle Oroville, CA 95966. BETH BELLO 21 Tarn Circle Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: BETH BELLO Dated: December 14, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001515 Published: December 24,31, 2015, January 7,14, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GRUB CSA FARM at 3269 West Sacramento Ave Chico, CA 95973. LEE M CALLENDER 3269 West Sacramento Ave Chico, CA 95973. MICHAEL KENT SHAW 966 Ohio St Chico, CA 95928. FRANCINE STUELPNAGEL 3269 West Sacramento Ave Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: FRANCINE STUELPNAGEL Dated: December 8, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001500 Published: December 24,31, 2015, January 7,14, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as MANGROVE MEDICAL GROUP at 1040 Mangrove Ave Chico, CA 95926. DANIEL A EKKENS, MD 5005 Schott Road Forest Ranch, CA 95942. KURT E JOHNSON, MD 10000 Brunswick Lane Durham, CA 95938. HUGO MA LEON, MD 14906 Eagleridge Dr Forest Ranch, CA 95942. RANDAL S WILLIAMS, MD 4003 Willow Landing Drive Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: DANIEL A EKKENS, MD Dated: November 17, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001422 Published: December 24,31, 2015, January 7,14, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as REJUVENE’ at 251 Cohasset Road Suite 240 Chico, CA 95926. HODARI MD DERMATOLOGY INCORPORATED 251 Cohasset Road Suite 240 Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as EDWARDS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT at 123 W 6th Street #130 Chico, CA 95928. TINY TIM EDWARDS 670 E. 5th St Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: TINY TIM EDWARDS Dated: December 21, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001543 Published: December 31, 2015, January 7,14,21, 2016.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO CENTER FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY, CHICO CHILDREN’S CENTER at 286 E 4th Street Chico, CA 95928. AN BULKENS 16 Carriage Lane Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: AN BULKENS Dated: December 16, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001529 Published: December 31, 2015, January 7,14,21, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LAS TAPATIAS at 1950 East 20th B209 Chico, CA 95928. KARLA CAZARES 2270 Notre Dame Blcd Apt 3 Chico, CA 95928. MA GUADALUPE CAZARES 2270 Notre Dame Blvd Apt 3 Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: GUADALUPE CAZARES Dated: December 21, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001545 Published: December 31, 2015, January 7,14,21, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DONE RIGHT HANDYMAN at 1230 Eilliott Road #10 Paradise, CA 95969. JOSEPH MCDANIEL 1230 Eilliott Road #10 Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JOE MCDANIEL Dated: December 1, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001482 Published: December 31, 2015, January 7,14,21, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PREMIER PLUS at 426 Southgate Court Chico, CA 95928. DENNIS THOMPSON 426 Southgate Court Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: DENNIS THOMPSON Dated: November 18, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001432 Published: December 31, 2015, January 7,14,21, 2016

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The following person is doing business as GRASSHOPPER EXPRESS at 7707 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. ESTEN PIEPER 7707 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ESTEN PIEPER Dated: December 21, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001541 Published: December 31, 2015, January 7,14,21, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MID VALLEY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, MID VALLEY REALTY at 2720 Cohasset Rd Ste B Chico, CA 95973. LOUISE ELLEN JOHNSON 14445 Essex Ct Magalia, CA 95954. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: LOUISE ELLEN JOHNSON Dated: December 22, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001550 Published: December 31, 2015, January 7,14,21, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TOKA BRANDING, TOKA BRANDING COMPANY at 1020A West 4th Street Chico, CA 95928. AARON BURSTEN 1020A West 4th Street Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: AARON BURSTEN Dated: December 15, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001521 Published: January 7,14,21,28, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO SALT COMPANY at 934 Neal Dow Ave Chico, CA 95926. DONNA GARRISON 934 Neal Dow Ave Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: DONNA GARRISON Dated: December 16, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001527 Published: January 7,14,21,28, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BETTY JEAN SHOP, BETTY JEAN’S at 15 Leslie Lane Oroville, CA 95966. JOHN RODNEY CASNER 15 Leslie Lane Oroville, CA 95966. PAMELA LEA PAXTONCASNER 15 Leslie Lane Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by a Married Couple. Signed: JOHN R. CASNER Dated: December 30, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001568 Published: January 7,14,21,28, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATMENT The following person is doing business as CURE at 574 Manzanita Ave Chico, CA 95926. SHEENA UHL 157 Cavalier Way Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual.

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Signed: SHEENA UHL Dated: December 30, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001573 Published: January 7,14,21,28, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BLISS NAIL AND SPA 2 at 2015 Forest Avenue Suite 40 Chico, CA 95928. MANG LEPHAM 1450 Springfield Dr Apt 178 Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: MANG LEPHAM Dated: December 29, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0001564 Published: January 7,14,21,28, 2016

NOTICES NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Pursuant to CA Business Code 21700, in lieu of rents due. The following units contain clothes, furniture, boxes, etc. MICHAEL PALOMBO: Unit #444cc (5x5), Unit #143cc (5x7) JOHN SILVERA: Unit #028cc1 (10x12) GINA OSBURN: Unit #237ss (6x12), Unit #252ss (5x10) LEANNE MCDANIEL: Unit #539cc (5x7) SARAH FRATANGELI: Unit #435cc (5x10) LARICCIA GUZMAN: Unit 509acc (5x6) DAVID & LEDON BRANTLEY SR.: Unit #229ss (5x12) Contents to be sold to the highest bidder on: January 16, 2016 Beginning at 12:00pm Sale to be held at: 65 Heritage Lane Chico, CA 95926. Published: December 31, 2015, January 7, 2016

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE 1985 Chevrolet Sprint VIN# JG1MR08M0FK710410 CA Lic# No Plate Lien Sale: January 13, 2016 3:00pm at Hwy 32 RV & Boat Storage 3278 Hwy 32, Chico, CA Published: January 7, 2016

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE 1988 Chevrolet G-Series Van VIN# 1GBEG25K5J7106593 CA Lic# 5AZS399 Lien Sale: January 13, 2016 3:00pm at Hwy 32 RV & Boat Storage 3278 Hwy 32, Chico, CA Published: January 7, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner THERESA OLSON, WESLEY OLSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JASON ALAN GERMAN JR Proposed name: JASON ALAN OLSON THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed,

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the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: January 8, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: November 17, 2015 Case Number: 165297 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CHRISTINA GONZALES HERNANDEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: CHRISTINA LEANN GONZALES HERNANDEZ Proposed name: CHRISTINA LEANN SMITH THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: February 19, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: December 10, 2015 Case Number: 165410 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner RICHARD ASTLEY & DEBRA NOWLING filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: TYLER BRANDON ASTLEY NOWLING Proposed name: TYLER BRANDON ASTLEY THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: February 5, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPEHEN E. BENSON Dated: December 8, 2015 Case Number: 165348 Published: December 17,24,31, 2015, January 7, 2016

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FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner BEVERLY BRYANT filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: DEREK LEMONT SIZEMORE Proposed name: SIR EBYNN LEMONT BRYANT THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: January 22, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPEHEN E. BENSON Dated: November 18, 2015 Case Number: 165313 Published: December 24,31, 2015, January 7,14, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner RICHARD ALAN GARSKA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: RICHARD ALAN GARSKA Proposed name: JACOB ALAN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: January 29, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928

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Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: December 3, 2015 Case Number: 165299 Published: December 31, 2015, January 7,14,21, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner DESIRE DAVIS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: DESIRE DAVIS Proposed name: DESIREE DAVIS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: January 22, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: November 24, 2015 Case Number: 164100 Published: December 31, 2015, January 7,14,21, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MADELINE GODDARD filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MADELINE BAILEY GODDARD Proposed name: MADELINE BAILEY CHINCHAY THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed,

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the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: Februrary 19, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: December 16, 2015 Case Number: 165411 Published: January 7,14,21,28, 2016

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner HEIDI KIM MURPHY filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: HEIDI KIM MURPHY Proposed name: HEIDI KIM JOLLY THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: March 4, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: December 24, 2015 Case Number: 165507 Published: January 7,14,21,28, 2016

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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of December 21, 2015 – December 25, 2015. The housing prices are based on the stated documentary transfer tax of the parcel and may not necessarily reflect the actual sale price of the home. TOWN

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14894 Nimshew Rd

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Magalia

$240,000.00

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1 Linda Loma Dr

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Oroville

$205,000.00

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1392

6302 Woodbury Dr

Magalia

$180,000.00

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1626

2241 Stump Dr

Oroville

$160,000.00

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1120

13915 Andover Dr

Magalia

$177,500.00

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1466

1952 20th St

Oroville

$158,000.00

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1600

14858 Colter Way

Magalia

$159,000.00

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1776

3629 Ashley Ave

Oroville

$147,000.00

3/ 1

1225

155 Palermo Dr

Oroville

$590,000.00

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2915

1243 4th Ave

Oroville

$135,000.00

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1990

178 Swiss Ln

Oroville

$390,000.00

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3184

432 Silver Leaf Dr

Oroville

$117,000.00

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1320

1256 Mt Ida Rd

Oroville

$261,500.00

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1985

903 Thomasson Ln

Paradise

$335,000.00

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2653

815 Gardella Ave

Oroville

$260,000.00

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1585

5673 Brookview Way

Paradise

$334,000.00

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2344

1300 Tehama Ave

Oroville

$231,000.00

3/ 2

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1615 Revere Ct

Paradise

$240,000.00

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1481

1309 Biggs Ave

Oroville

$222,000.00

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1226

6309 Ruby Ln

Paradise

$135,000.00

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1313

2091 Plumas Ave

Oroville

$220,000.00

3/ 3

1288

1867 Norwood Dr

Paradise

$135,000.00

2/ 2

1244

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SQ. FT.

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